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[IDV #HRL-275904]: Linux IDV shows imagery but no contours or maps

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  • Subject: [IDV #HRL-275904]: Linux IDV shows imagery but no contours or maps
  • Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:04:02 -0700
> Hello IDV folks.
> 
> I am trying to run the IDV on a Linux server.
> 
> It displays satellite imagery OK, but the background maps and
> any displays I create (contours etc) don't show up.
> Does this ring any bells?
> 
> 
> The machine in question runs Ubuntu.  We bought it to run LDM, and we
> mostly interact with it by ssh. Its console is horribly crude on a screen,
> no video card or something I am told. Might that be relevant?
> Its java version is 1.6.0_24
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Brian Mapes
> 

Brian,
      The IDV does require display environment, and the remote connection is 
always trouble due to connection or display setting. Not sure anything we can 
help here.



Yuan
> 
> 
> bmapes@weather:~$ java -version
> java version "1.6.0_24"
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11.5) (6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~12.04.1)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HRL-275904
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Urgent
Status: Closed